We tried to investigate whether accumulation of visceral fat, assessed by a simple but widely used ultrasonographic method, was associated with common carotid atherosclerosis in non-obese men ranging from 16 to 79 years old. The subjects were consecutive 297 male in-patients whose body mass index ranged from 18.5 kg/m(2) to 25 kg/m(2). An ultrasonographic evaluation using a 7.5 MHz linear type ...

This study sought: (1) to clarify the effects of hydralazine on both the pulmonary vasculature and respiratory control in euoxia and hypoxia in healthy humans; and (2) to determine whether hydralazine alters the expression of genes regulated by hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1). Ten volunteers participated in two 2 day protocols. Hydralazine (25 mg) or placebo was administered at 1 pm and 11 p...

In this study, butterhead lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. cv. Baby Butter) plants were grown at three root-zone temperatures (RZTs): 25 o C, 30 o C and ambient-RZT (A-RZT) ranging from 26 o C-42 o C while their shoots were maintained at hot ambient temperature ranging from 26 o C-42 o C. Three phosphorus (P) concentrations: -25% P (minus P, 23.25ppm), control (31.00ppm) and +25% P (plus P, 38.75ppm)...

Biodiesel as a clean energy source could reduce environmental pollution compared to fossil fuel, so it is becoming increasingly important. In this study, we investigated the effects of different pilot injection timings from before top dead center (BTDC) and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) on combustion, engine performance, and exhaust emission characteristics in a common rail diesel engine fuel...

BACKGROUND Few studies have been performed on P wave indices in athletes. The aim of this study was to determine the behaviour of maximum P wave duration (Pmax), minimum P wave duration (Pmin) and P wave dispersion (PWD) in young high performance athletes, as well as the relationship of PWD with training history, heart rate (HR) and echocardiographic parameters. METHODS We performed a cross-s...

BACKGROUND Respiratory rehabilitation programs (RR) are essential tools in the management of COPD. AIM We present the results of a 7-week outpatient rehabilitation program in terms of dyspnea, exercise tolerance and quality of life. MATERIAL AND METHOD The following parameters were evaluated before and after RR: dyspnea (mMRC scale), pulmonary function (FEVI, RV- residual volume), exercise ...

We point out that the main results—the analytic expressions for the Groverian Measure of Entanglement, in the above mentioned paper are erroneous. The technical mistake of the paper is discussed. It is shown by an explicit example that the formula for calculating the Groverian measure yields G(|ψ〉) = 0 for some entangled states. 1 What is this communication about? In their paper “Groverian Enta...

This paper considers the variance minimization problem with job-dependent weights. We show that an optimal job sequence must be V-shaped in terms of weighted processing time when the problem is agreeably weighted, in the sense that Pi <(Pj implies w i > wj, where Pi and w i are the processing time and the weight of job i, respectively. An O(nWP) algorithm is proposed to find an optimal solution...